Improved eyeletted brace



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. SHAW', OF MARLBOROIIGI'I, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 HIM-SELF, THOMAS UOREY, AND WM. E. C. ICRC ISTER, 0F SAME PLACE; SAIDIVHCESTER ASSIGNS TO SAID SHAW HIS RIGHT.

IMPROVED EYELETTED BRACE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent` No. 58,954, dated October16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SHAW, et' Marlborough, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of hlassachnsetts, have invented a new and useful orImproved Eyeletted Brace or Stay for the Laeing-Holes of Shoes, Corsets,or various other articles; and I do hereby declare the same to befnllydeseribed in thef'ollowing specification, and represented in theaeeomlmnying drawings, ot' which- Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 a sideelevation, and Fig. 3 allongitndinal section, of it.

This invention consists of a plate or piece of metal, a, and twoeyelets, b I), stamped or formed together f'rom such plate, such eyeletsextending' 'from the brace at or near its two extremities, the samebeing as shown in the drawings. In fact the whole may be said to be tiwoeyelets and a conneeting-luace, struck or formed in connection from onesheet or plate of metal.

I am aware that a brace and two separate eyelets have been used at thelower part of the laeingopening of a shoe, the eyelets being passedthrough holesmadein the brace. Therefore I do not; claim such. Neitherdo I claim an eyelet stamped from a plate of metal. Nor do I claim abrace made with mere points or prongs extending from it, as such di'ersfrom my brace in having no holes through it and its fastenings. In mybrace such holes are for the reception of the lacing, whereby the braceis better held in place in the shoe.

I have made a new article ot' manufacture specially' adapted forlacing-openings, and whether to extend across or to be applied to eitheror both sides of one of sneh openings.

What I claim as my invention, and as anew article ofmanufacture,forpnrposesas set forth, is-

rPhe eyelets and brace struck or stamped together or in connection fromone piece of metal.

S. J. SHAW.

Witnesses:

It. 1I. EDDY, F. I. HALE, J r.

